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There's still time to register for the Lady Mariam Abacha and Mr. Godwin Oyathelem seminar on "The effectiveness of using all UPPERCASE characters."
Today I received an e-mail from one of my favorite hi-fi sales managers. These are the guys who help me collect pricing and dealer data, images to accompany our reviews, and other behind-the-scenes stuff.
This particular e-mail was out of the ordinary. It had nothing to do with any of those things. It went:
I just received an e-mail request for a review sample. Since I am not familiar with this gentleman, and I am not aware of an Australian edition of Stereophile, I thought I would run it by you for authenticity before I responded to him.
So, you see, there's this…
Kevin Hulsey offers a fascinating tutorial on how to do cut-away illustrations. I have so much respect for folks who can clearly conceptualize complex devices, much less portray them for the rest of us.
Scientists turn to information theory to analyze the complexity, redundency, and predictability of the songs of the Humpback whale. Their conclusion? Well, we need more research—but our lack of knowledge is now so much better informed.
Yeah, Brokeback Mountain mashups are a dime a dozen, but this one is delightful. Go to the external link and scroll down to "Brokeback Mouse."
Via Cartoon Brew, obviously.
No, not our intrepid correspondent from Sin City, but the anti-iPod—a cheap ambient sound generator with a line out for hi-fi connection. Rumor has it that Brian Eno bought 8.
Kevin Kelly's Cool Tools posts a link to a nifty flash demo.
Here's a chapter from Tufte's upcoming Beautiful Evidence. Some of the graphics are pretty blurry on the computer screen, but they look great if you print this out.
Cool as that is, I'm even more impressed by the collaborative aspect of this post. Tufte seeks—and responds to—some great feedback.
I'm sick. About as sick as I've ever been. Come to think of it, I haven't really been well since I came down with the flu at CES. I've been fighting something ever since. And today, it knocked me out. Fever, chills, pain all throughout my body, an excruciating headache.
I was actually in the office for about three hours before giving up completely. I'm home now, in bed, where I let loose so much sweat, I totally grossed myself out.
I haven't been listening to any music. Yesterday, I came home to find that the Moscode was completely dead; its beautifully blue-lit logo…